Before Orientalism
Asian peoples and cultures in European travel writing, 1245-1510
Travel, medievalTravelers' writings, history and criticismAsia, description and travelLiterature, history and criticismAsia, foreign relationsMedieval TravelHistorySources
A distinct European perspective on Asia emerged in the late Middle Ages. Early reports of a homogeneous "India" of marvels and monsters gave way to accounts written by medieval travelers that indulged readers' curiosity about far-flung landscapes and cultures without exhibiting the attitudes evident in the later writings of aspiring imperialists. Mining the accounts of more than twenty Europeans who made
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